X-Ploder

One of Larry Wood's fantasy designs, this rocket-shaped car with an opening canopy echoes the earlier 1971 Jet Threat casting. Its tooling changed repeatedly in the mid-2010s, first sealing the canopy shut and enlarging the engine in 2015, reverting the engine size in 2016, and switching the twin jet engines to plastic pieces separate from the base in 2017.

1999 Hot Wheels